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Small round off-white dish painted with black and green design elements. Inside of dish has design of a bird-like creature holding a fish in its claw. The upper creature has a fin on its head and a wing and tail. Both have black outlines with black and green elements. Black circle painted in the centre; black and green painted around the top of rim, with seven sets of three unpainted lines. The base has the Lambert Potteries stamp and a hand-written inscription: Salish Spindle Whorl / Hand-painted / T.
Dilly bag made from slender, twisted strands of leaf that have been woven into an open design of stretchable construction. Several strands create the handle, attached to the mouth of the bag on both sides. Mouth is reinforced with similar strands. The body of the bag is dyed in horizontal stripes of light, dark, and medium browns, increasing in thickness toward bottom. Shape flares outward and curves at bottom, where base is reinforced by thick ropes of twisted leaf.
Small weaving with diamond, half-diamond and lightning designs. Textile is rectangular, vertical, slightly wider at top, with rounded corners at bottom. Lines of cream, yellow, green and mottled grey fill the weaving in a zigazg pattern from top to bottom, with large mottled grey diamond shapes at centre and half-diamonds down both sides. At top are small loops of cream coloured wool from which to hang the weaving. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.
Hand woven cotton apron. Garment is constructed in a tight weave, light green in colour, gathered at the waist band which extends into ties. Embroidery is in horizontal strips, in three different heights, in white, pink and metallic (plastic) silver thread.
East Greenland harpoon. Part a is a long, straight, wooden shaft, squared at the bottom where it is capped with a cut square of tusk, and narrowing along its length toward the tip. At the shaft’s midpoint several holes are bored into the wood, in which are inserted a hook and nubs of bone. The harpoon’s head is made from carved narwhal tusk, its shape long and rounded, thicker through middle and narrowing at end where a small piece is attached. Part b is an intricately designed throwing board. The board is rectangular, thin in profile, and concave on its underside. The base is wide, narrowing to tip where a shaped piece of bone is inset. Along the board’s upper surface are nailed 41 tiny seals carved from bone. Narrow strips of bone line the edges. The throwing board has three holes along the body that allow it to attach to the harpoon shaft by the nubs and hook.
Harpoon. Long wooden shank has a large notch in butt. Top holds a long metal blade, thin in profile, tapering to a sharp point. Blade is rusted.
Harpoon. Part a is a partial wooden shaft that curves slightly along its length, with a squared base at bottom. Head is carved of walrus tusk and tapers to a point, with carved rings at neck, attached to the shaft with hide ties. Part b is the bottom element of the shaft, also made of wood, straight and slightly squared along the length and tapering at butt. Top has an inset square of tusk, with several short hide ties piercing the wood just below. Several small holes are bored into the shaft of parts a and b, some with nubs of tusk emerging. A necessary piece connecting parts a and b is missing.
Felted wool bag, rectangular in shape with a flap covering the mouth and folding half way down the front.. Flap closes with a round, stone button. A braided handle is made of red and green yarn and attached at the upper corners. The front is embroidered with an igloo and sailboat, the flap with two purple walruses, and the back with flowers in orange, green and red, with blue vines. Red yarn is sewn around the edges of the flap and opening. The interior front of the bag is lined with thick brown paper.
Woolen knit sash with a pouch at the end. Long, thin, knit band in alternating colour blocks of grey, red and black. An open topped pouch is attached to one end at its mouth, with a zigzag pattern knit into one side, and lines into the other of the same alternating colours. The opposite end of the band is attached to the pouch’s side with a thick woolen tie. Inside the pouch is a packet (part b) of 11 coins, all Canadian quarters.
Woolen sash constructed of three parts. The centre portion is a long panel of woven wool, the warp white, weft black, creating a small diamond pattern. At each end the warp becomes a thinner multi-strand plait, fastened at ends with a piece of black wool. Braid culminates in a loose tassel.